Minecraft is inspiring

Look at the creativity here!

"8yo daughter has made a colourful, yet somehow creepy, #Minecraft world full of giant dolls."--@xLibitinax pic.twitter.com/782EopMBSk
— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 19, 2015

My 14yr old Minecraft mad son @patch_arthur made this at school. I think he should design for #Minecraft!--@lizipatch pic.twitter.com/CNJps878Qf
— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 19, 2015

There's no toilets in Minecraft

From Debbie B--

From 7-9am this morning my son created a mansion (in Minecraft).

Andy: The first floor is a concert room with a stage. The second, third and fourth floor is actually the second floor, and here's why. The second-second floor is a movie theater built on a slant. The second-third floor is a kitchen and guest room. The second-fourth floor is MY ROOM!
Me: So where's your bathroom? People in your concert room will need to go?
Andy: *looks at me with head down and eyes up* It's Minecraft, Mom.

Creating a whole mansion in two hours should have given me a clue to that one.

P.S.
Funny thing - I left out the follow-up conversation we had about what you actually do on toilet in Minecraft. It may not be a good Saturday morning conversation, but it is a typical convo with a 10-year-old boy. LOL

  

Diamond Rain--the mod, the myth, the legend

Bryce: "Oh. My. Gosh.  I just tapped the ground with a stick and diamonds fell down!!"  Drags his tablet over to me.  "I'll show you!  Here--try it!!  See?  Diamonds!!"

Bryce:  "Oh, no!!  I don't have room for all my diamonds! I need a chest!"

Bryce: "I could easily build a house of diamonds. I have so much diamonds I need a new chest.  Diamond Rain works. Totally. That's why it's called Diamond Rain.  I could do this FOREVER.  Just...diamonds galore!"
 
Bryce, singing: "Diamond rain, diamond rain, diamond raaaaaaain!" Regular voice, "Diamonds are awesome.  The tree mod is also awesome. Pandora's Box is similar to lucky blocks."
Me: ???

Bryce: "Oh, dang. The Pandora's Box doesn't work. I'll have to find another. Oh, good. Golden Iron Rain works." 

This week in the Twitterverse...

"My kids are fighting because son built a house in #minecraft & daughter promptly strode in and put flowers in it. Help me." -- @SwearyTJ

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) March 31, 2015

“Acting as negotiator as my 4 YO son has run riot in his big brother’s kingdom by inviting zombies to tea!” -- @garethidavies #Minecraft

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) March 31, 2015

“Welp, my daughter is reading #Minecraft fan-fiction now.” -- @EricMahler http://t.co/mv85Hq8dqG

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) March 31, 2015

“The soundtrack of my life is my son blathering about #Minecraft while my daughter shouts songs from every Disney cartoon.” -- @PetrickSara

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 1, 2015

“Daughter gave a presentation on the area of squares and cubes using #Minecraft and TNT. She included a cat picture.#proudfather”--@RobbKidd

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 1, 2015

“Lola just drew me this to help me 'understand & like #Minecraft'...yeah, this doesn't help.”--@littlemissyando pic.twitter.com/3HvgJxE2fX

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 1, 2015

That time you're playing Minecraft with your family and you seriously consider shoving your son into lava. Except not seriously.--@NotPrunes

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 2, 2015

“When you get lost in your own #minecraft world & your 12yo daughter has to come save you....yeah...that just happened.”--@livehappy8

— MeanwhileinMinecraft (@OverheardinMC) April 2, 2015

Minecraft + siblings = funny

Kids are playing in different rooms and yelling back and forth.
Kid 2: "I can't hear you! Can you say it in Minecraft?"

Kid 2, laughing gleefully: "I'm watching you die!!"
Kid 1: "I'm coming for you!!"

B: "You're suicide-ing!" *pause*  Sounding annoyed, "As usual, you survived."

H: How'd you do that?!
B:  It's easy. I have the magic touch.
Me:  In what?
B:  Parkour.
Me:  Only in Minecraft...

B to H:  I'm watching you fall to your death!  HA! You suicided.
Me:  :/

B:  Hey, can I hit you back?  Wait--where'd you go?  You've angered me.  I'm jumping in lava.

Thus ended last night's playing.